Daughters of the Bamboo Grove : China's Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins - Barbara Demick Publication Date:05/06/2025 'Like curling up with a

'Like curling up with a cup of tea in a bookstore that might also curse you'

with one of their number missing

Wide-ranging and rigorous

and a range of roasts for when you have an hour up your sleeve to prep something to be grateful for later

wonderful gem

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove : China's Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins - Barbara Demick Publication Date:05/06/2025 'Like curling up with aThe extraordinary and riveting story of separated Chinese twins, with one twin seized by the authorities and adopted into America, by the Samuel Johnson winning author of Nothing to Envy. In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had been abandoned.